Weighing-scales



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WBIGHING SCALES.

No. 414,242. Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

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Patented Nov. 5, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANSELM T. NYE, JR., AND HAROLD B. NYE, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

WEIGHING-SCALES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,242, dated November 5, 1889.

Application filed May l, 1889: Serial No. 309,233. (No model.)

To all whom' it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANSELM T. NYE, Jr., and HAROLD B. NYE, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 1Weighing-Scales; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to improvements in weighin g-scales of the spring-balance variety, designed more especially for the postal service.`

The invention consists, essentially, in a rotating casing polygonal in plan and having detachable registering-scales mounted on the respective faces thereof, the diiterent scales being numbered and graduated, respectively, to represent ounces and diiterent rates of postage. A tray, platform, or suitable device is provided for holding the letter or other article to be weighed, such holder being operatively connected with a series of pointers, respectively, 'for the different scales, whereby, by rotating the casing to bring the desired scale in iront of the Operator, the weight of the articles in ounces or the postage necessary, according to the classiiication of the article, is indicated by the pointer on the corresponding scale.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an elevation in section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken above the pointers. Fig. 4 is an elevation showing the respective scales in detail.

A represent-s a casing polygonal in planfor instance, a pentagon, as shown in the drawingsdand having top and bottom heads, respectively, A and A2. These heads need not necessarily be solid, as open heads or spiders would answer the purpose. The lower head A2 has rigidly attached an upright rod AS, located centrally within the casing and extending upward to near the upper'head A. The lower end of the rod is bored to tit nicely center pin b of the base B, by means ot' which construction the casing may rotate on its axis.

O is a tray, platform, or suitable holder, on which letters, books, merchandise, atc., are

respectively laid 'for weighing, to determine the postage to be paid thereon. Holder C is rigidly attached to the upper end of a sleeve or tube O ,the bore of the latter fitting nicely but easily. around rod A3 aforesaid. Sleeve C has also an easy lit in a central hole of the upper head A ot' the casing. To the lower portion of sleeve O is attached a cross-bar c, towhich latter are attached the lower ends of coil-spring D, the upper ends of these springs being attached to head A. Operatively connected, directly or indirectly, with sleeve O are a series of arms E, the same eX- tending out through slots a of the casing, these arms terminating outside the casing in pointers e to indicate on the adjacent scales.

XVe will remark that the arms E and the cross-bar c may be cast integral, so as to constitute a spider, or the arms may screw into threaded holes of lthe hub of the cross-bar 0, as shown. This, however, is a matter of con struction that is not important, so long as the pointers move in unison with the holder O and the sleeve C'.

The diiierent sides of the casing are provided with indicating-scales, such as are required in determining the weight and the amount of the postage necessary on different articles according to the classiiication of the United States postal laws, and, as such laws are likely to be changed from time to time, the indicating-scales are detachably secured by screws or otherwise to the casing, so that other scales may at any time be substituted, if 'need be. One scale may, as shown, be numbered and graduated to represent the weight of the article in ounces. Another scale represents the postage on letters according to the weight thereof. Another scale is for merchandise, and still other scales are respectively for books, ttc., and for magazines, each scale being numbered and graduated so that the pointer indicates the amount of postage due on the article according to its classiiication. The scales are all marked on top,

as shown, and the operator has only to turn the required scale in front ot him and lay the article on the holder O, and the pointer will indicate the postage to be paid or the weight of the article in ounces in case the ouncescale is turned loreinoste IOO The device is simple, inexpensive, and of littlegwei'ght, the drawings being intended to represent the device approximately full size.

What we claim is- 1. A weighing-scale of the spring-balance variety, comprising a casing operatively connected with and supporting the weighing mechanism, such casing bearing a series of indicating-scales graduated and numbered to indicate the weight in ounces and the necessary postage according to the weight and to the classiiication under the postal laws of the article being weighed, and pointersconnected with the weighing mechanism, such pointers being adapted to move in unison and to trav-L erse the respective indicating-scales, substantially as set forth.

2. rPhe combination,with a rotating casing polygonal in plan and having operatively connected therewith a spring-balance, such casing having a 4series of indieatigscales,

substantially as indicated, snch scales being attached to the respective sides of the casing, of a pointer for each scale, such pointers being connected in common with the spring-balance mechanism, whereby the weight of the article and the necessary postage according to the classification of such article are indicated,

substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we sign this specification, in the presence of two witnesses, this 11th day of March, 1889.

ANSELM T. NYE, JR. Y Y HAROLD B. NYE. Witnesses:

CHAs. DoRER, ALBERT E. LYNCH. 

